ANZAC Day Civic Service

Horowhenua residents and visitors are invited to attend services to commemorate ANZAC Day on Tuesday 25 April 2017.

There are dawn services and civic ceremonies are being held throughout the District:

Levin Civic Service:
10.00am - Parade to assemble on Bath Street,outside Te Takeretanga o Kura-hau-po
10.10am - Parade moves off to Cenotaph.
10.30am - Cenotaph Service begins.

The commemoration begins with a short parade by returned servicemen and women to the local war memorial. They are given pride of place while families and other members of the community gather informally around the memorial.

We gather here to think of those soldiers who went out to battle but did not return. We remember the great sacrifice they made and dedicate ourselves to the service of the ideals for which they died. As the dawn pierces the night, let their memory inspire us to work for the coming of the new light into the dark places of the world.